Comparison

Carnets vs AssertKit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Carnets

This app offers a full Jupyter notebook experience on your device, ideal for education and research. It includes scientific computation packages like SciPy and scikit-learn, allowing you to write and run Python code offline. Notebooks can be shared and opened from other applications.

Highlights
  • Offline Jupyter notebook execution
  • Includes SciPy, scikit-learn, and Seaborn
  • Embedded Python interpreter
  • Markdown support for text
  • Package management with %pip
  • Notebook sharing and import
Features
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Jupyter notebooks are a powerful tool used in education and research. You can write small snippets of Python code and observe the result on screen, combine with paragraphs of text, using Markdown. Carnets provides a complete, stand-alone, implementation of Jupyter notebooks. Everything runs on your device, using the embedded Python interpreter; you do not need an internet connection. Compared to the standard version (Carnets), this app adds several packages targeted for scientific computation and learning: scipy, sklearn, seaborn and coremltools. You can switch between standard notebooks and the more modern jupyterlab using the Settings app. Of course, all the packages included with the standard app are present too: numpy, simply, matplotlib... To see the full list of installed packages, type "%pip list" in a code window. You can add more packages using "%pip install packageName", but only if they are pure Python. You can share your notebooks with other apps and also open notebooks or directories managed by other apps. Partial list of installed packages: astropy, babel, bokeh, cartopy, cryptography, cvxopt, Fiona, geopandas, geopy, gym, inequality, libpysal, lxml, mapclassify, matplotlib, networkx, nltk, numpy, openCV, pandas, parso, pillow, pyFFTW, pyproj, qutip, rasterio, regex, Rtree, scikit-learn, scipy, seaborn, segregation, shapely, soupsieve, spopt, statsmodels, sympy, wordcloud.

About

AssertKit

Features
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AssertKit puts three developer tools behind one account. MAIL SHIELD — Shielded inboxes & aliases Pick any name @assertkit.com and a disposable inbox appears the moment the first message lands. One-time passcodes and magic links are detected and surfaced for a single tap to copy, then cleared. Star the mail you want to keep, search across addresses, and export when you need to. ASK AEGIS — Chat your code review Ask plain-language questions about your pull-request security scans: what got flagged, how severe it is, and how to fix it. Aegis answers from your real findings — no dashboards to dig through. ASK AUDIT — Ask about your project Get answers about project status, blockers, and signals across your sources and timelines, with charts when a picture says it faster. WHY ASSERTKIT • Sign in with Apple or Google — no password to manage • Mail Shield is free • Honest, private by design: your inboxes and conversations are yours • One workspace on web and mobile Mail Shield is free to use. AI features (Ask Aegis and Ask Audit) run on credits — new accounts start with free credits, and you can top up any time. Privacy: https://assertkit.com/privacy Terms: https://assertkit.com/terms

Screenshots

Carnets4 screens
AssertKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carnets at none against AssertKit's 4. Carnets also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AssertKit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Carnets asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Carnets versus AssertKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarnetsAssertKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (91 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings91 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2.1 GB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNicolas HolzschuchJeffrey Marvin Forones

Bugs and requests

Carnets

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to create new notebooks
  • Incompatible with older iOS versions
  • Line breaking issues with external keyboard

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Tensorflow, XGBoost, LightGBM
  • Enable running code in .py files
  • Improve stability and performance
  • Add support for R kernel
  • Provide better file management options

AssertKit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Carnets

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

AssertKit

One-time4
  • Starter: 500 Credits$4.99
  • Plus: 1,200 Credits$9.99
  • Pro: 3,000 Credits$19.99
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  • Max: 8,000 Credits$49.99

Questions

Is Carnets free?
Carnets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AssertKit free?
AssertKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Carnets or AssertKit have ads?
Neither Carnets nor AssertKit shows ads.

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